Re: World of Warcraft
Done. That wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be.
Did WSG first. Not hard since there are only 10 people. Easy to coordinate with the other faction.
Did EotS next. Worst one. Both sides immediately pour to the center and nobody gets the flag. Had to do a few runs to get a group that bounced the flag back and forth between sides, though we didn't coordinate it like that =p
AB was third, and this was another annoying one. The Alliance people weren't Assaulting bases. They'd just leave them as Contested. So we couldn't Assault any of them.
AV was last, and it was as advertised: make a mad dash for the furthest tower and you win. Really stupid.
Got like 100 achievement points from BGs and now I have absolutely no reason to walk into one ever again!... until the next holiday. Up to 4150 achievement points, which is pretty good considering I'm not even 4 months into the game yet.
Unnecessary edit: Wow, there is a lot of QQ over this one. I knew there would be, but I'm curious about it. It seems like these people...haven't even tried to do it yet. I was dreading it going in--I'm in full PvE gear in a full PvE spec and I play a class that totally sucks at PVP (with the exception of Thunderstorm in nice places~). I didn't even use the Insignia. And yet I got all of them my second time into the battleground. I did each BG once and genuinely tried to accomplish it the first time while learning the mechanics of the BG, but couldn't make it work. The second time in each BG though, it was much easier and I had no problems.
Did it suck? Hell yes. Paladins and rogues are the worst class to run up against. They'll both keep you stunned until you die, but Paladins will do it and keep themselves practically immune to all damage. It was horrible. But dying is part of the game. The achievement isn't to do it without dying.
What it amounted to was basically an hour of work. Maybe a little more. I've spent more time staring at the same boss in a raid hoping the tank/healers will finally work out a strategy that gets it down.
People are suggesting Blizzard should fix this one like they did Brew of the Year and Be Mine!. I don't think they should. Brew of the Year basically screwed over anyone who decided to play as a DK, and nobody knew about achievements during that event anyway. Be Mine! was just a RNG-fest. These people have an entire week to do an hour of work in a battleground. And hell, once you learn what to do in the battleground, it's actually fun. You get to test your skills against enemies who actually know what they're doing. What an awesome way to learn the pros and cons of your class and other classes.
tl;dr: LESS QQ MOAR PEW PEW
Edit the second: I don't think I've posted about this yet.
I had heard from various sources that something in 3.1 screwed up and certain Elemental Shaman were affected by it. Mostly EleShams who bought dual specs. Well hell, I'm an elesham who bought dual spec...let's see if I'm bugged.
The last test dummy I did before the patch (a while back--at least a few weeks), I did 3.4k dps over several tests.
The patch drops and I buy the 80dps upgrade totem relic and swap out my glyphs for a 30dps upgrade.
3.05k dps. So I tested again. 3k dps.
So yeah, I'm affected by the bug.
Done. That wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be.
Did WSG first. Not hard since there are only 10 people. Easy to coordinate with the other faction.
Did EotS next. Worst one. Both sides immediately pour to the center and nobody gets the flag. Had to do a few runs to get a group that bounced the flag back and forth between sides, though we didn't coordinate it like that =p
AB was third, and this was another annoying one. The Alliance people weren't Assaulting bases. They'd just leave them as Contested. So we couldn't Assault any of them.
AV was last, and it was as advertised: make a mad dash for the furthest tower and you win. Really stupid.
Got like 100 achievement points from BGs and now I have absolutely no reason to walk into one ever again!... until the next holiday. Up to 4150 achievement points, which is pretty good considering I'm not even 4 months into the game yet.
Unnecessary edit: Wow, there is a lot of QQ over this one. I knew there would be, but I'm curious about it. It seems like these people...haven't even tried to do it yet. I was dreading it going in--I'm in full PvE gear in a full PvE spec and I play a class that totally sucks at PVP (with the exception of Thunderstorm in nice places~). I didn't even use the Insignia. And yet I got all of them my second time into the battleground. I did each BG once and genuinely tried to accomplish it the first time while learning the mechanics of the BG, but couldn't make it work. The second time in each BG though, it was much easier and I had no problems.
Did it suck? Hell yes. Paladins and rogues are the worst class to run up against. They'll both keep you stunned until you die, but Paladins will do it and keep themselves practically immune to all damage. It was horrible. But dying is part of the game. The achievement isn't to do it without dying.
What it amounted to was basically an hour of work. Maybe a little more. I've spent more time staring at the same boss in a raid hoping the tank/healers will finally work out a strategy that gets it down.
People are suggesting Blizzard should fix this one like they did Brew of the Year and Be Mine!. I don't think they should. Brew of the Year basically screwed over anyone who decided to play as a DK, and nobody knew about achievements during that event anyway. Be Mine! was just a RNG-fest. These people have an entire week to do an hour of work in a battleground. And hell, once you learn what to do in the battleground, it's actually fun. You get to test your skills against enemies who actually know what they're doing. What an awesome way to learn the pros and cons of your class and other classes.
tl;dr: LESS QQ MOAR PEW PEW
Edit the second: I don't think I've posted about this yet.
I had heard from various sources that something in 3.1 screwed up and certain Elemental Shaman were affected by it. Mostly EleShams who bought dual specs. Well hell, I'm an elesham who bought dual spec...let's see if I'm bugged.
The last test dummy I did before the patch (a while back--at least a few weeks), I did 3.4k dps over several tests.
The patch drops and I buy the 80dps upgrade totem relic and swap out my glyphs for a 30dps upgrade.
3.05k dps. So I tested again. 3k dps.
So yeah, I'm affected by the bug.
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